AfterEffects Light Correction
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- dMullins
Could not find any good tutorials for fixing this via Google, etc. A buddy gave me some footage of his band and needs someone to try and clean it up. It was taken with a nice HD camera, but unfortunately all the HD in the world won't correct for crappy low-light footage. I found a lot of really expensive plug-ins for this, but not any free solutions and/or good tutorials. Most of the tutorials I've found are for removing grain only.
Any recommendations?
- FredMcWoozy0
well most video editing software has curves and other color options so you should just get in there.
Their is a color correction function in AE but have never used it.
You know what works sometimes.
Take a PSD file, Do a white gradient spot light and overlay it on your image. Sometimes weird tricks like that will boost certain areas.
- DaveO0
Thing is though after a while it can start looking a bit ragged. Probs best to try and balance each clip with a set of profiles that you then copy across to each layer when it changes. Doubt there is a 'one size fits all' solution!
- inteliboy0
You could up the levels and go black and white? Contrasty/grainy b&w can look nice - if that's an option...
- DoTheMacarena0
You can try blurring a specific channel to reduce low light noise. Usually the blue channel carries the most artifacting. Might help a little when you're getting a lot of noise when trying to CC.
- harlequino0
Low light is low light. Unless he is up for a very stylized washed out look, not much you can do.
This, btw, is why in real shoots people tend to overlight. You can always darken and crush the blacks and whites. But not the other way around.
- airey0
yeah. the whole HD thing has become the new 'photoshop it' misnomer. peeps now think that if they're holding an HD anything it'll somehow magically be broadcast quality footage. the next few years are gonna suck for some low end digital vid designers.
- The "HD" label is one of the best scams going.harlequino
- using clippers i have HD on both sides of my head. i also advertise that i meet clients in '3d'.airey
- I poop with depth of field.
It fucking hurts, btw.harlequino - it's said you poop without focus.airey
- 2nd zinger in the one thread. i. am. on. fire.airey
- Not as firey as my "lens"harlequino
- thats a good comment.FredMcWoozy
- mikotondria30
Bung it all through a sketch filter and get all A-ha on his ass..
- dMullins0
^ Haha, you read my mind. I already did that.
- M_C_P0
can you just use the invert filter to darken the bright spots and brighten the darks?! surely we've seen this done on CSI or something....
- FredMcWoozy0
- zoom analyze and enhance
round 2FredMcWoozy - LOL @ "zoom in on reflection in her eye"egosmoke
- zoom analyze and enhance
- tedvandell0
what was it shot with?
- cluelessness.airey
- some cameras operate in 32 bit color space, makes blacks look crushed when they aren'ttedvandell
- you might be able to recover more than you think depending on what camera was usedtedvandell
- M_C_P0
uncrop it
- vaxorcist0
If the live band footage is massively underexposed, with the probable random bit waaaay overexposed, then a radical experimental film effect like posterisation may be the only way to salvage something out of this.....
and you may win an award for being daring and creative..... if so, don't tell anyone it was a last ditch way to rescue crap footage....
- supposedly Weiden Kennedy did shit like this to rescue bad footage of Lou Reed... ad won awards of course..vaxorcist
- tedvandell0
Color (apple) can do some great things with low light footage.
- PIZZA0
Pretty much just tell them to go back and do it fucking right this time.
I mean if the detail hasn't been captured at all then how can you possibly get it back.